Four years ago, a 14-year-old boy named John Smith in St. Louis, Missouri, fell
through the ice and died. He was underwater for 15 minutes and had no
pulse for the next 45. This boy wasn't saved at the time, but his mother was full of
faith—enough to pray that God would bring her son back to life. And
that's exactly what God did.
John was under the water for four to five minutes before the Fire Department got there to search for him. One of the rescuers even broke protocol to find him. He was supposed to have a rope tied around his waist while he searched, but they didn't have any rope, so he went anyway.
John says the rescuer searched for him for several minutes with no success. He's searching, searching, and he just can't find anything. So he (the rescuer) hears a voice saying to go to his left. And he does it—he already checked that area actually - and he finds John and pull him out. The doctors did everything they could medically to resuscitate him but to no avail.
They had to bring in his mom who prayed and instantly he cam back to life! John has 300-plus pages of medical documents stating that what he went through was a modern-day resurrection.
"They said that when she walked in the room, not just the atmosphere changed, but the physical temperature of the room changed," he says. "They also said that when she prayed for me, something rushed up my body so powerful that it pushed three nurses back. And keep in mind one of these nurses is about 6-feet-6-inches, 250-plus pounds."
John says he doesn't remember anything about the time he was medically dead. Some who have died and come back to life report seeing a white light or heaven, but John says he didn't see anything.
"We prayed I wouldn't remember anything because it was so traumatic," he says. "And I can honestly say that if I would have remembered anything more than what I do, I wouldn't be serving the Lord because I know me. I would have turned to earthly abuses rather than turning to God."
Today, John's story has been turned into a movie called Breakthrough which will be in the Cinemas from this month.
*Everyday I am so assured of God's divine love. Wow! The effective prayer of the righteous indeed avails much.
John was under the water for four to five minutes before the Fire Department got there to search for him. One of the rescuers even broke protocol to find him. He was supposed to have a rope tied around his waist while he searched, but they didn't have any rope, so he went anyway.
John says the rescuer searched for him for several minutes with no success. He's searching, searching, and he just can't find anything. So he (the rescuer) hears a voice saying to go to his left. And he does it—he already checked that area actually - and he finds John and pull him out. The doctors did everything they could medically to resuscitate him but to no avail.
They had to bring in his mom who prayed and instantly he cam back to life! John has 300-plus pages of medical documents stating that what he went through was a modern-day resurrection.
"They said that when she walked in the room, not just the atmosphere changed, but the physical temperature of the room changed," he says. "They also said that when she prayed for me, something rushed up my body so powerful that it pushed three nurses back. And keep in mind one of these nurses is about 6-feet-6-inches, 250-plus pounds."
John says he doesn't remember anything about the time he was medically dead. Some who have died and come back to life report seeing a white light or heaven, but John says he didn't see anything.
"We prayed I wouldn't remember anything because it was so traumatic," he says. "And I can honestly say that if I would have remembered anything more than what I do, I wouldn't be serving the Lord because I know me. I would have turned to earthly abuses rather than turning to God."
Today, John's story has been turned into a movie called Breakthrough which will be in the Cinemas from this month.
*Everyday I am so assured of God's divine love. Wow! The effective prayer of the righteous indeed avails much.
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